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Muslim wanted for bombs in NYC and New Jersey sued police, claiming they persecuted him for being a Muslim

Sep 19, 2016 10:58 am By Robert Spencer

He went from claims of victimhood to jihad; usually the trajectory is jihad first, then claims of victimhood. Will this revelation lead to claims that the “Islamophobia” of the Elizabeth, New Jersey police department led him to become “radicalized” and take up jihad?

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“EXCLUSIVE: Wanted New York and New Jersey bomb suspect sued his local police claiming they PERSECUTED him for being a Muslim,” by Daniel Bates and Louise Boyle, Dailymail.com, September 19, 2016:

The prime suspect in the New York and New Jersey bombings sued his local police force and claimed they were persecuting him for being a Muslim.

Ahmad Rahami said in a lawsuit that cops in Elizabeth, New Jersey subjected his and his family to discrimination and ‘selective enforcement’ based on their religion.

The family – who used the name Rahimi in the legal papers – claimed that police tried to shut down their chicken restaurant, called First American, too early each night with ‘baseless’ tickets and summonses.

Ahmad, 28, his father Mohammad Sr, 53, and his brother Mohammad, brought the lawsuit together and said that local residents also racially abused them and said: ‘Muslims don’t belong here’….

The lawsuit, filed in the federal court in Newark, says that the family are from Afghanistan and are all Muslims who have owned the chicken restaurant since 2002.

From April 2009 for two years they allege that they were unfairly targeted for staying open past 10pm despite being permitted to do so.

The lawsuit says that the police had a ‘reckless disregard and deliberate indifference for plaintiff’s constitutional rights of liberty, due process and equal protection’.

The Elizabeth police department allegedly ’embarked on a course to harass, humiliate, retaliate against and force their business to close at 10pm’….

The Rahamis alleged they were being subject to ‘selective enforcement’ that were ‘solely based on an animus against plaintiff’s religion, creed, race and national origin’.

The family claim that as a result of the police shutting them down at 10pm, despite other businesses being allowed to stay open at that time, they suffered economic hardship….

The 11 count lawsuit names the City of Elizabeth, the Elizabeth Police Department, six Elizabeth police officers, chief of police Ronald Simon and police director James Cosgrove.

They say the harassment was ‘baseless and without probable cause’ and breached the family’s Constitutional rights.

The Rahamis claim that it also claim it was ‘discrimination’, ‘false arrest’ and ‘abuse of process’ that left them suffering distress, embarrassment and damage to their reputation.

Court records show that the complaint was dismissed with prejudice in 2012, meaning that it could not be brought again.

It is not clear if there was a settlement.

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Filed Under: "Islamophobia", claiming victim status, Featured, Jihad in the U.S. Tagged With: Ahmad Khan Rahami


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  1. Malcolm (SouthAfria) says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 11:04 am

    Who welcomed Ahmad and family to the USA.
    By the way the Pope is not the right answer.

  2. Alexius Comnenus says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 11:10 am

    Muslims ‘immigrate’ to this country with lack of respect for our civilization and demand public aid, free medical care and than sue the system for not bending to their islamofascism behavior.
    Most of our politicians are a plague for this great nation and those who voted for them are morally responsible. So many ignorants and morons.

    • Ed Lee says

      Sep 19, 2016 at 1:33 pm

      Just remember, the worldwide average IQ is 100 (a generous estimate), and the ignorants and morons you refer to are the ones who drag it down that low.

  3. William says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 11:13 am

    I am waiting to hear the Imam of the mosque he prays in to say he was so quiet, he kept to himself, and we had no idea that he would do such a thing. The lying Imam will act shocked by the news.

    • Carmel says

      Sep 19, 2016 at 2:57 pm

      …..and the family too.Usual tawriya as would say TREE OF LOGIC on YT.

  4. RichardL says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 11:15 am

    America First!

    No lie to big for Muhammad…

  5. Jack Diamond says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 11:19 am

    The Muslim victim-card {there is a saying along the lines of “he hit me and then HE cried and ran to the judge”}. The restaurant was harassing the neighborhood, it was the deluge of complaints from neighbors
    about the restaurant, open 24 hours, loud parties, patrons after midnight loitering in yards, urinating in driveways… that led the City Council to demand it close at 10 p.m. The Rahamis refused to comply. The eldest son got in a fist fight with the police officer who came to force them to close (then he fled to Afghanistan before his trial} and then the family sued everyone in sight (legal jihad).

    Round them all up and everyone they know.

    • Keys says

      Sep 19, 2016 at 11:31 am

      Amen to round them up, then deport them all. They can not get along here.

  6. Don McKellar says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 11:28 am

    CAIR you have a new poster boy!

  7. rara says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 11:55 am

    http://www.nytimes.com/live/new-york-explosion/a-family-business-that-aggravated-neighbors/

  8. Angemon says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 12:32 pm

    The family – who used the name Rahimi in the legal papers – claimed that police tried to shut down their chicken restaurant, called First American, too early each night with ‘baseless’ tickets and summonses.

    Why go through all that trouble when a simple look into their cleaning habits would probably be more than enough grounds to shut them down?

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3537652/Swindon-takeaway-chef-prepared-food-wiping-bottom-bare-hands-doesn-t-use-toilet-paper-cultural-reasons.html

    Ahmad, 28, his father Mohammad Sr, 53, and his brother Mohammad, brought the lawsuit together and said that local residents also racially abused them and said: ‘Muslims don’t belong here’….

    “Racially abused” them by saying “muslims don’t belong here”? What was that line in “Scott Pilgrim vs The World”? Oh, yeah – “not a race guys”. Anyway, if that indeed happened, it has nothing to do with the police. And it begs the question: how did they manage to keep their restaurant going for years if the locals didn’t want them there?

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 20, 2016 at 12:21 am

      Here’s more on the Jihadi family restaurant, Angemon:

      “Suspect’s Family Ran a Restaurant That Aggravated Neighbors”

      http://www.nytimes.com/live/new-york-explosion/a-family-business-that-aggravated-neighbors

  9. eur says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 1:29 pm

    we need muslim free zone to be save.Well ,we have our problems too, but islam is in another level. Islam must be banned in the west .We cant live together,is a fact.

  10. Zippza says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 5:37 pm

    One of the first steps to take is surveillance of mosques – and closing them down and arresting and deporting scum if that’s what you find – scum.

    Muslims themselves should welcome that – the decent ones, and there are many of them.

    But they don’t welcome it – even decent Muslims are complicit with this growing evil.

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 20, 2016 at 12:21 am

      Yes–always investigate the Jihadis Mosques.

      • gravenimage says

        Sep 20, 2016 at 12:30 am

        Jihadi’s

  11. gravenimage says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 5:51 pm

    Muslim wanted for bombs in NYC and New Jersey sued police, claiming they persecuted him for being a Muslim
    ……………………..

    Well, this insanity sums up so much of what is going on in the West today…

  12. AformerMuslim says

    Sep 19, 2016 at 9:30 pm

    The Muslim Islamaphobia victim-card is very useful.

    Unfortunately, It works for many people.

    A Former Muslim
    http://www.aformermuslim.com

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